find user location based on IP address or host address 1

[neisye]

hi,
How do you find user location based on IP address or host address. in php.

thanks,
arden

 

[Foamcow]

Get hold of a data source that has IP/Geo data. I don't think you can work it out from the numbers alone.

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[sen5241b]

get IP:

$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

 

[southbeach]

Use this

$IP = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$SSID = htmlentities(SID);
// If IP address exists
// Get country (and City) via  api.hostip.info
if (!empty($IP)) {
  $country=file_get_contents('[URL unfurl="true"]http://api.hostip.info/get_html.php?ip='.$IP);[/URL]

// Reformat the data returned (Keep only country and country abbr.
list ($_country) = explode ("\n", $country);
$_country = str_replace("Country: ", "", $_country);
}

Good luck!

 

[webdev007]

Don't forget that any proxy might trick the result

 

[southbeach]

I also forgot to mention that this is totally dependent on the target URL being up and running.

You may experience slow performance while making the inquiry.

Hope all goes well!